SpaceX - Falcon 9 / Starlink Mission patch.
May 9, 2021
SpaceX Starlink 27 launch
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launched 60 Starlink satellites (Starlink-27) from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, on 9 May 2021, at 06:42 UTC (02:42 EDT).
SpaceX Starlink 27 launch & Falcon 9 first stage landing, 9 May 2021
Following stage separation, Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean. Falcon 9’s first stage (B1051) previously supported nine missions: Demo-1 (Crew Dragon’s first demonstration mission), RADARSAT Constellation Mission, SXM-7 and six Starlink missions. According to SpaceX, Starlink 27 was “the first tenth flight of an orbital class rocket booster”.
Falcon 9’s first stage landed on the “Just Read the Instructions” droneship
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket launches the 27th batch of 60 satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink V1.0-L27.
Related links:
SpaceX: https://www.spacex.com/
Starlink: https://www.starlink.com/
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